96 comments to “Born This Way Is A Gay Anthem!”

So tired of that topic and these attention grabbers like this hag tranny. Good old gay anthem ay perez? You can have it. At least she's smart enough to know when you have very little talent, like madge the vadge, just pander to the gays and they'll follow you like lost puppies for the rest of your life.

This song seems so manipulative and phony. I'm very much pro-equality and while I appreciate the message of the song, it seems as she's created this so-called "gay anthem" to try to be even more popular. Like she's trying to cash in on her LGBT fans or something. I don't know, I can't describe it, but it seems so insincere.

Isn't this song a little exploitative to Gay, Transgendered people etc. I'm sure most gay people can ebjoy music and it's sentiments without having their sexuality rammed in everyone faces? I am a GaGa fan, but I think maybe she's losing her Straight fans a little? And before anyone says it I am totally Pro Gay etc. I think everyone has the comeplete right to lead their lives however they choose - providing they do not hurt others. So, MEMO to GAGA: Lay off the Gays?

And thats why it will Fail and not DEBUT at number 1 on the chart that counts the HOT 100! I am gay but perez and gaga do not speak for me. Not all the gays like this POOR mans madonna. We already know this is BEAUTIFUL 2.0!!

Ugh.
Im seriously Lady Gaga's biggest fan. But im straight… and I support the gays and everything, but this is just a little too much! I hope the song isnt ALL about gay. I hope ill be able to sing this song around the house without my parents thinking I have some explaining to do…

Re: MikOnline – Yeah, thanks bro, even though I write "my truth" in my words, it was a little tongue in cheek, just a little. I don't think gay people are like puppies, but i do think she is seizing on the emotions and insecurities of some people in an expoitive way to line her pockets. Can't stand that hag, and believe me, if all chicks looked like her, I'd be fuckin dudes in no time.

I for one am a gay man, and I just don't understand the Lady Gaga hype. I was a huge fan of her's until she became so politically involved. I understand her political stance, as I share many perspectives with her. However, I think her over exposure has certainly contributed to my new found dislike. I do believe it was a huge marketing tactic to go after the "gay market" seeing as how there was really no artist out there that had. Previous/Current artists do have huge gay followings without having to exploit the lack of civil rights and injustices we, the gay community face. Her music to me, in no way reflects her propaganda. Yes, obviously these "born this way" lyrics do…but her music before did not. I Just do not understand her, or Perez' fascination with her…she writes great/catchy pop songs…but do I find her innovative? NO! She took what Madonna/Britney/Christina have been doing for the last decade, tweaked it a bit….and considered herself a pioneer of Dance POP. Soooooo over it.

OMFG i cant stand this ugly bitch anymore. Okay im all for equal rights and power to the gays but WHO THE FUCK died and elected her president of the gays? THE BITCH ISNT EVEN FUCKING GAY! why is she all OMG MY LIFE IS FOR THE GAYSSSSS? probably because they are the only ones who will put up with her stupid ass music and her idiotic clothes. shes not cool anymore shes overplayed and fucking annoying.

you know whats funny.. I see a lot of comments from the Gay community on this forum who denounce perez and gaga's opinions… and feel like they are being exploited.. I think perez should consider his "fans" when writing these posts…!!

She's hyped this up too much. The lyrics sound boring. She's touted this album as the best albumof this coming decade. LOL How pretentious. She made an album and a half of catchy pop tunes and now she's saying she's a genius over everyone else this coming decade who is going to put out an album. Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna

2nd. Not my Anthem… As a gay man.. i dont need someone as fake as her to represent or even stand up for me. I am who i am.. ans she was not born this way… she created this persona.. who she now claims has been her all along. Sorry unlike some of certain sad homosexual individuals… i dont get memorized by something shiny waving in my face.

How about waiting till its released and then judge for yourself? I'm gay, and I can't say I mind if she devotes a song for anyone that is different. If it comes out and you don't like the song, thats your choice right?

I'll stick to songs like "Beautiful" "Fighter" "Soar" "The Voice Within" "Keep On Singin My Song" "I Will Be" "Hello" "Here To Stay" "I Am" etc. written & sung by Christina Aguilera starting at almost a decade ago. Songs that EVERYONE can listen to and enjoy, connect and relate to, without it just being about the gay community. In Christina's "Beautiful" video in 2002 she put gay people in it being affectionate and kissing, a cross dressing man, a bullied school girl getting beat up, a skinny boy who wished he had muscles, an anorexic woman, a boy dressed in "gothic" type clothing, a VARIETY of discrimination she was standing up for and calling BEAUTIFUL, NOT just the gay community. "to all my dreamers out there, I'm with you. All my underdogs, I feel you. Lift your head high and stay strong. Keep pushing on" "I won't let you break me, THINK WHAT YOU WANT"- Stripped, 2002. She has so many songs like this and anyone who says her songs suck is obviously not familiar with her catalog. I don't see how "Born This Way" is going to "change culture"..

I used to like lady gaga but I now find to her be very over hype and annoying I do think she uses the gay community to further her career and i think the only reason she claims she was bi was to win even more favors with gay people like look me i just like you . lady gaga is a fake and user and she just the gay community to get even more money then she already has she a user and the sooner her little monster like perez realize the better off the world will be

To go along with all the Black, Jew, Chinese anthems. Straight people use the word "gay" cavalierly, don't fall into that like Gaga has. I'm gay and absolutely nothing she's recorded resonates with me.

fuck perez is annoying, he thinks being gay is normal. ITS NOT, im not againts it but its not normal, it might be normal in L.A where half the people are gay, but if u live anywhere else in world being gay is considered (odd/wierd) Perez has no idea how the world thinks. he thinks being gay is normal, the same way a alcoholic thinks drinking every night is normal. ITS NOT!

in complete honesty i hope the lyrics are a little different to that cus those were shit but besides that why does everyone keep complaining about gaga supporting the gay community who cares about her motives it helps the community i don't understand all you people first you complain that the music is shallow and superficial and that the celebs are also shallow and superficial but then as soon as one of them tries to do something for society you just have ago and claim its for publicity even though shes ridiculously famous anyway and knows a lot of people in the lgbt community so probably sees the injustice and homophobia that still happens on a huge level (fellow memebers of that community will understand what i mean) but seriously whatever her motives it still good for us so stop whining like little bitchs and just be glad someone is fighting for us

Perez, I am a huge supporter of the gay community, but fucking enough already. I feel like you are making ignorant people think "all gays are the same" when you spout off your stupid bullshit.
GIVE IT A REST.
You make a mountain out of any mole hill, be it this song in a positve way, or the whole "Ryan Murphey was gay bashed by the kings of leon" guy.
Please pick your battles and quit setting back gays/supporters with your constant cramming it down people's throats.

Re: ladygaga4eva – I agree, I think should be for EVERYONE. Born this way, if you look different or act different… not just the differences in people's sexuality.

If it really is just about gays, I'm done with her… she has many gay supporters who also struggle with huge discriminatory issues every day even though they aren't gay. She should speak to ALL of her fans, not just homosexuals.

Re: hoochpit – I honestly believe she's just using all that to pull more fans in and take their money. If she really wanted to do this song for the gay community… she would want it to get out there more than ever. Why not make it free then? Radio Head made a WHOLE cd for free once, and for no given reason. She can't make it free?

Re: mustbenargles – completely agree with you. None of this is even "leaked" it was a planned "leak", and it's to see what people say about it, it's why it's been done with her stuff before, it's why she delayed release of her Alejandro video to come out the same day Bionic did, it's why her album isn't coming out til after Britneys, it's why she "finished filming" the born this way video this weekend the same weekend britney did her new video, so they can see how we all react to it while keeping up interest in gaga, they see the negative things people say about it before it's released so they can change things or add things. I hardly comment on here anymore because I know it's all just a way they get an upper hand on feedback before releasing something, if you get what I'm saying

Re: A Voice of Sanity – HA! That is hysterical!!! The sarcasm on this site always way out does the orignal post. Brimstone and Fire!! haha. If you were being serious I would think you were a member of the Fred Phelps family. I think they're the only people who still think that way in this day and age!
That really made my day.

Re: IVIV – PERFECT comment. i want to be your best friend because of that comment lol. everytime im feeling low, insecure, etc. i listen to christina. i was listening to soar today and i feel like everytime i hear it i just become so emotional. that song speaks wonders as well as the others you mentioned.

perez it kind of discusses all sexual orientations…not just gays. seems like her goal is more for it to be an anthem for all people no matter what race, gender, or sexual orientation.
you have such blinders on and only see what You want to see…not what is really there

Re: heyitsrobin – lol well thank you!! that made me laugh I am glad you get what I mean, Christina has SO many songs with this concept (and she's not the only one) so it's so annoying when people say gaga doing this is "legendary" and going to "change culture" it's rather mind blowing. Christina isn't the only person & it's unfair for her and all the others to get thrown aside to give gaga credit. & aside from Beautiful Christina has wrote every other song I listed. People just always group her into a certain category, one she will forever be trying to break away from it seems but she is my go-to girl when I need a song to relate to that's for sure. She has a song for EVERYTHING & knowing she actually writes & produces & cares to be involved just makes it better, plus her undeniable talent. She gets PERSONAL with her music & you can hear the emotion in her voice, everytime. She doesn't shove all her good deeds & involvements into the publics faces because she's not fake. Even Celine Dion said Christina is "probably the best singer in the world" lol One of the best, definitely. The high note at the end of Soar gives me chills every time

I am gay and very proud but I refuse to look at this sad, unoriginal stupid girl and think of her as anything that represents freedom, or my community. Gaga is the utmost example of a manufactured star - she has a team of producers and designers creating her persona (remember the original Stefani Germanotta?). And even if the song is okay, like many of her other hits, I hope it does not get embraced by the gay community. After Madonna, Will & Grace, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Queer as Folk, is kind of funny to see how younger gay guys even think what Gaga does is remotely original, bold or brave. because it's not. Try to defend the gay community in the 80s, like Madonna did. Being gay, or acting gay (lika Gaga does) is cool nowadays. And I am in my 20s, and I feel sorry for my (brainless) peers.

Madonna supported the gay community in the 80s, when being gay was a real stigma, when AIDS was a "gay" disease and we were all bad guys trying to corrupt children. It was not cool to be gay, to be among gay, be friends with gay or support gay. Madonna did it. In the early 80s, 90s, 00s.
In the meantime, gay became cool: Queer as Folk, Queer Eye for the straight Guy, Will & Grace, Ellen degeneres! It's really offensive, to me, as a gay man, to be remotely related to this phony singer. She does not represent me. She is not doing anything new. She is not doing anything brave. I am thankful that she uses her work to support the cause, however, she is not a marthyr, and she is doing what is safe. After all, her fanbase is made mostly by brainless gay guys.

Since when are privileged, rich, straight white girls from Manhattan the poster children for equality? I doubt Gaga has ever faced any adversity other than the whole 'tranny' rumor. It seems to me that she exploits the LGBT community to suit her own purposes. I think she is a disgraceful ego maniac.

Re: YouKnowNothing –
Brainless peers? Oh, yes we know your type. You think you're so enlightened even though it's obvious you know shit! A lot of artists supported gays in the 1980s and even before that, including Donna Summer, Kate Bush, Olivia Newton-John, Deborah Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox, Diamanda Galas, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, and Dionne Warwick, just to name a few. Madonna didn't jump on the gay bandwagon (which was more late 80s than anything) until she started getting flack from the gay commnunity for not acknowledging her gay fanbase enough. Being in your 20s, you're just believing the myths you read about her; I was there–I remember it, including the blatant pandering and the faux-lesbian phase she went through. Get over yourself, queen!

Re: Sean Knowlingers – Just for the record: Madonna was the FIRST music star to donate all the money she made in one concert to gay causes. Not anybody else. Besides that, "you were there?" And you know Madonna only paid attention to her gay fan base towards the end of the 80s? HOW COME? Madonna, before being famous, played in GAY and latin sub-cultured clubs in NYC. Madonna came from the gay scene. Thats where she started, hon.
If you could remember, as you say, you would KNOW that. But you're too stupid to recognize that. Get over your stupid fat ass, get real. Gaga is nothing but a Madonna wannabe.
I feel sorry for you. You're old and dumb. Hopefully, youre not over 30. It is embarassing being over 30, singing a Gagas song at a night club. I feel sorry for you.

Re: Sean Knowlingers – Besides that, i never said Madonna was the first star to support gay cause, however, Madonnas support was stronger than anybody else. besides that, Cyndi Lauper ONLY became a full supporter to gay causes after she found out the gays are the only ones buying her albums. And remember, Madonna started doing gigs on gay clubs, before being famous. And you say her involvement with the gays came at the end of the 80s. really? You are a dumb sucker, man.

Re: Sean Knowlingers – Not enough. Need to put you on your place again brainless sucker. It's ridiculous how you even try to say that the support "Donna Summer, Kate Bush, Olivia Newton-John, Deborah Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox" gave to the gay community in the 80s was bigger than Madonna's support. "Madonna didn't jump on the gay bandwagon (which was more late 80s than anything)", mmm… Madonna started her careers playing in gay clubs? She's been a gay favorite before she became famous. She was a gay-pal since her days in detroit. I pity you and your ignorance. If you really "remember it", you'd know that. You'd know that Madonna came, and always came back again, to her "gay" and "latin" underground clubs in NYC. Donated millions for gay causes (in the 80s). And up to date, she is a great supporter.

Re: YouKnowNothing –
You need to put me in my place AGAIN? Hm…I don't recall the first time you did. Delusional? Name me one female singer that I listed who doesn't have or didn't start with a gay fan base. Madonna started off in gay clubs? Oh, she's such a rebel! Barbra Streisand started singing live in gay NYC nightclubs when Madonna was still shitting in diapers. Bette Midler played in gay bathhouses in the early 70s. Kate Bush was writing songs about gay relationships back in the 70s. Tori Amos played gigs in gay clubs when she was still underage. I could go on.
And how do you define "stronger support?" Just because she's more famous? Just because the other unsung heroes don't get the recognition she does? Madonna may have started in gay clubs, but abandoned the gay community on her way up, as she does everyone who helps get her famous, but she only returned to her roots when it was convenient for her. She may have looked like she was a bigger supporter because when she came on the scene, her fans seemed to have developed some amnesia and quickly forgot that there were other more profound artists before her–the VERY thing you're accusing GaGa fans of doing.
You're calling me ignorant, yet you could barely back up what you said, let alone dispute anything I said. And where is the money, since you seem to know that "she donated millions" in the 80s? You must be part of Liz Rosenberg's myth creation team.

Re: YouKnowNothing –
"It is embarassing being over 30, singing a Gagas song at a night club. I feel sorry for you."
Right, says the person quoting lame Madonna lyrics..yeah, that's a work of poetry right there.
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"You're old and dumb."
Says the "man" who cannot even construct a coherent sentence. Try to be a little more challenging or mature in your attacks. This is kid's stuff. Perhaps the reason you're so intimidated by your "brainless peers" is because is because your peers are actually quite more intelligent.

Re: YouKnowNothing –
"Just for the record: Madonna was the FIRST music star to donate all the money she made in one concert to gay causes."
Sorry, but I'm not impressed. Dionne Warwick did the same thing with one of her singles back in 1985, donating all of the proceeds to AIDS research, back when AIDS was still a social stigma and considered a gay disease.
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"Besides that, i never said Madonna was the first star to support gay cause"
No, but you're implying that she's the most important supporter–she's not! She's just the most famous.
"Cyndi Lauper ONLY became a full supporter to gay causes after she found out the gays are the only ones buying her albums."
Wrong, wrong, WRONG! Cyndi has ALWAYS been an avid LGBT supporter, before she even became famous, as she also has a gay sibling whom she's been supporting since the early 70s. I'm starting to see now to whom the YOUKNOWNOTHING tag actually applies. Questioning my knowledge is going to make you lose each time, "hon!"

Re: YouKnowNothing –
PS. If you hate GaGa so much, why do you keep coming to her posts? Just to tell everyone what a wannabe and unoriginal she is? At least be more original and profound in your posts, and stop copying and pasting what others have said before. Yours aren't even the best comments.